boxwood

boxwood [boks-woo d] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. the hard, fine-grained, compact wood of the box shrub or tree, used for wood-engravers’ blocks, musical instruments, etc.
2. the tree or shrub itself.

Compare box3. Origin of boxwood First recorded in 1645–55; box3 + wood1 Examples from the Web for boxwood Historical Examples of boxwood

Furiously, too, with her shuttle of boxwood she smote Arachne.

A Book of Myths

Jean Lang

He used to be a janitor at Boxwood Hall, a school I attended.

Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line

Clarence Young

They would, therefore, measure as accurately as a rule of boxwood or ivory.

The Boy Tar

Mayne Reid

This is a thin slat of hard wood, mostly maple, pear, or boxwood.

The Invention of Lithography

Alois Senefelder

Lastly, you can water the field with oil of coal, or sprinkle it with ashes of boxwood.

The Insect World

Louis Figuier

British Dictionary definitions for boxwood boxwood noun

1. the hard close-grained yellow wood of the box tree, used to make tool handles, small turned or carved articles, etc
2. the box tree